Arthur Dong

Infobox Person
name = Arthur Dong

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birth_date = birth date and age|1953|10|30
birth_place = San Francisco, California
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occupation = director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer
nationality = American
ethnicity = Chinese
alma_mater = San Francisco State University

Arthur Dong () (born October 30, 1953 in San Francisco, California) is an Academy Award-nominated Chinese American documentary filmmaker. His work combines the art of the visual medium with an investigation of social issues, examining topics such as Asian American history and identity, and gay oppression. He received a BA (in film) from San Francisco State University in 1982 and completed the Director's Fellowship program at American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies in 1985. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences where he served on the Board of Governors from 2002-2006 (Documentary Branch). Currently he serves on National Film Preservation Board. He is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and has served on the Film Independent (formerly IFP/West) Board of Directors from 2000-2003.

Career

Dong was an associate producer for KGO-TV in San Francisco from 1981-1982 and a producer at KCET in Los Angeles from 1991-1992 (producing for "Life & Times"). In 1982 he founded DeepFocus Productions, where he serves as producer, director and writer. He has received a nomination for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1984 for "Sewing Woman", a Peabody Award in 1995 for "Coming Out Under Fire", three Sundance Film Festival Awards, and five Emmy nominations.

Filmography

*"Public" 1980
*"Sewing Woman" 1983
*"Lotus" 1988
*"Forbidden City, U.S.A." 1989
*"" 1990
*"Coming Out Under Fire" 1994
*"The Question of Equality" 1995
*"Licensed to Kill" 1997
*"Family Fundamentals" 2002
*"Hollywood Chinese" 2008

Community Honors

*James Wong Howe Award ("The Jimmy") from the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists
*Steve Tatsukawa Award from Visual Communications
*Asian American Media Award from Asian CineVision
*Historian Award from the Chinese Historical Society of American
*GLAAD Media Awards (two consecutive plus third nomination)
*San Francisco Foundation James D. Phelan Award in Filmmaking
*Paul Monette Award
*OUT 100 Award from Out Magazine

External links

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* [http://www.deepfocusproductions.com/ www.deepfocusproductions.com]
* [http://www.nichibeitimes.com/articles/stories.php?subaction=showfull&id=1208474301&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3& Nichi Bei Times Interview, April 17, 2008]